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Unfit

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not fit; not having the correct requirements.

    "Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team."

  2. 2
    Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.

    "I've become so unfit after stopping cycling to town."

  3. 3
    Unsuitable for a particular purpose. often

    "Sadly, the station that proves to be the busiest - Blackpool Pleasure Beach - is unfit for purpose. It possesses a tiny canopy back from the platform that offers little in the way of shelter or amenities, other than a couple of benches."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition wordnet
  2. 2
    below the required standards for a purpose wordnet
  3. 3
    physically unsound or diseased wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.

    "He [...] added that he was fearful Christianity, or rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled throne of thirty pagan Kings before him."

  2. 2
    make unfit or unsuitable wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + fit.

Etymology 2

From un- + fit.

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